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Peace
By Olga Bonfiglio [Olga Bonfiglio]
Published articles on the peace movement
Articles under this topic: 9
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It's been eight years since 9/11 and much has changed in this country since that dark day. What didn't change, however, was our inability to take time to reflect on the meaning and implications of this tragedy.
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Published: Jul-21-2010 | Times read: 22 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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There's no doubt about it: Many of today's youths are highly motivated and very excited about engaging themselves in community-service projects.
What's different about PeaceJam youths, however, is that they are focused on projects that change the world to make it a more peaceful and nonviolent place.
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Published: Apr-27-2009 | Times read: 274 | Rating: 1.00 [Votes: 1] |
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“War is sweet to those who have not tried it. The experienced man is frightened at the heart to see it advancing.” Pindar of Thebes
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Published: Feb-16-2008 | Times read: 575 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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He neither asks for money nor passes out donation envelopes after his speeches. He neither wants pity for his situation nor accolades for his work. He speaks to anyone who will listen and his mission is to encourage others to “get their hands dirty for peace.” “I am a Palestinian, a proud Palestinian, a Palestinian Arab,” says Archbishop Elias Chacour. “My mother language is Arabic. I am also a Christian. I am a Palestinian Arab Christian—and a citizen of Israel. This adds confusion to those who think that Palestinians are Muslims and that they are bloodthirsty people born to violence.” He opens his coat and exposes his clean, light gray shirt. “See, I have no bombs.”
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Published: Aug-07-2007 | Times read: 535 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Rebuilding bridges of trust between the American-Arab and Muslim communities and the Kalamazoo community at large is the goal of the newly established Kalamazoo chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. According to chapter president Ali Labib, since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks American-Arabs and Muslims have concerns about immigration, racial profiling and stereotyping as well as the need to maintain pride in their own cultural heritage.
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Published: Aug-07-2007 | Times read: 406 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Many of the citizens in the audience were restless at a city commission meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan this Spring. They wanted to speak in favor of a resolution that urged the president and the Michigan congressional representatives to end the war in Iraq and bring the troops home.
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Published: Aug-07-2007 | Times read: 414 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Recent revelations about domestic spying have startled a U.S. public that thought it had adequate safeguards to protect its privacy. But those who have been observing the Bush administration since the 9/11 attacks, namely the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC), see these revelations as the logical extension of a drive toward a police state, which began with passage of the USA PATRIOT Act.
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Published: Aug-07-2007 | Times read: 417 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Why would citizens in America's heartland think they could strike a chord for peace in the world? "Peace came to our community, and we thought it a significant enough legacy for the world to continue to make it happen," says Tom Young, chair of the Dayton Peace Prize Committee.
The committee is part of a community planning group called Dayton: A Peace Process (DAPP). It has organized a series of high- profile events this fall to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords. The highlight is tonight, when the Dayton Peace Prize will be conferred to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the architect of the accords, which ended the 1992-95 war in Bosnia.
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Published: Jan-20-2006 | Times read: 535 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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It's not an easy time to be an Arab-American. So Friday's banquet for the Kalamazoo chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee was both a celebration of recent achievements and a reminder that community and national tensions continue in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
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Published: Jan-20-2006 | Times read: 523 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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